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Black Info NowTue, 31 Mar 2015 08:23:00 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1President Obama To Travel To Kenya This Summerhttp://blackinfonow.org/president-obama-to-travel-to-kenya-this-summer/
http://blackinfonow.org/president-obama-to-travel-to-kenya-this-summer/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/president-obama-to-travel-to-kenya-this-summer/The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will make his first trip to his father's native Kenya as President this summer.

Obama will travel to Kenya in July for bilateral meetings and the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual conference that connects entrepreneurs with business leaders, international organizations, and governments, reports CNN.

“His trip will build on the success of the August 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and continue our efforts to work with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, to accelerate economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions, and improve security,” Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.

The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will make his first trip to his father’s native Kenya as President this summer.

Obama will travel to Kenya in July for bilateral meetings and the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual conference that connects entrepreneurs with business leaders, international organizations, and governments, reports CNN.

“His trip will build on the success of the August 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and continue our efforts to work with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, to accelerate economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions, and improve security,” Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/president-obama-to-travel-to-kenya-this-summer/feed/0Study Says Gay Black Men Earn More Than Straight Ones Dohttp://blackinfonow.org/study-says-gay-black-men-earn-more-than-straight-ones-do/
http://blackinfonow.org/study-says-gay-black-men-earn-more-than-straight-ones-do/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/study-says-gay-black-men-earn-more-than-straight-ones-do/Its no surprise that being a black man in the U. S. is tough. Nor is it a surprise that being a gay black man is seen by many as double-jeopardy – the whole double minority thing. But as it turns out, being a black gay man has its benefits. Especially when it comes to the corporate world, according to a study done by Princeton University.

And that may come as a surprise to many.

The study was led by sociologist David Pedulla, who directed his researchers to explore what effects race and sexuality have on the chances of being considered for jobs and starting salaries. And what they ended up with is that a gay African-American man not only stands a better chance of landing a job, but also getting paid better than his heterosexual counterpart.

So contrary to popular belief, where two minority groups are considered, again, double-jeopardy, apparently that doesn't apply here; where it seems to work for you rather than against.

According to Financial Juneteenth, past studies have laid out the disadvantages faced by a man who is black and gay. A 2003 study showed both straight and gay African-American men with no negative history still face more difficulty getting jobs than their white counterparts with a crime record. Another study also found that Black teens who are gay are more likely to become homeless than their gay peers from other races.

So how did the Princeton researchers come to this latest conclusion, which is so far-fetched than previous studies?

Its no surprise that being a black man in the U. S. is tough. Nor is it a surprise that being a gay black man is seen by many as double-jeopardy – the whole double minority thing. But as it turns out, being a black gay man has its benefits. Especially when it comes to the corporate world, according to a study done by Princeton University.

And that may come as a surprise to many.

The study was led by sociologist David Pedulla, who directed his researchers to explore what effects race and sexuality have on the chances of being considered for jobs and starting salaries. And what they ended up with is that a gay African-American man not only stands a better chance of landing a job, but also getting paid better than his heterosexual counterpart.

So contrary to popular belief, where two minority groups are considered, again, double-jeopardy, apparently that doesn’t apply here; where it seems to work for you rather than against.

According to Financial Juneteenth, past studies have laid out the disadvantages faced by a man who is black and gay. A 2003 study showed both straight and gay African-American men with no negative history still face more difficulty getting jobs than their white counterparts with a crime record. Another study also found that Black teens who are gay are more likely to become homeless than their gay peers from other races.

So how did the Princeton researchers come to this latest conclusion, which is so far-fetched than previous studies?

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/study-says-gay-black-men-earn-more-than-straight-ones-do/feed/0Newly Released Photo Shows That UVA Honor Student Martese Johnson Was Shackled During His Arresthttp://blackinfonow.org/newly-released-photo-shows-that-uva-honor-student-martese-johnson-was-shackled-during-his-arrest/
http://blackinfonow.org/newly-released-photo-shows-that-uva-honor-student-martese-johnson-was-shackled-during-his-arrest/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/newly-released-photo-shows-that-uva-honor-student-martese-johnson-was-shackled-during-his-arrest/
Last week, the unfair arrest of University of Virginia junior (and honor) student Martese Johnson ignited protests across his campus. After he was denied entry into local hangout Trinity Bar (over accusations of a fake ID), he was accosted by three Alcoholic Beverage Control agents who went on to beat Johnson to a bloody and bruised pulp, and then he was arrested. A new photo has surfaced and shows Johnson was also chained by the ankles, as he remained cuffed and bruised sitting on back entry of an ambulance truck.

#MarteseJohnson assault him and then break out the foot chains. This young man will be set for life #lawsuit pic.twitter.com/BnCB0l3xYA

— Parkstorm (@parkstorm) March 26, 2015

The new photo adds to the disbelief of what should have been a calm situation. Johnson's face was so drenched with blood, he looked like he just came from battle, so why was he then also placed in chains? The connotations of it are beyond

Last week, the unfair arrest of University of Virginia junior (and honor) student Martese Johnson ignited protests across his campus. After he was denied entry into local hangout Trinity Bar (over accusations of a fake ID), he was accosted by three Alcoholic Beverage Control agents who went on to beat Johnson to a bloody and bruised pulp, and then he was arrested. A new photo has surfaced and shows Johnson was also chained by the ankles, as he remained cuffed and bruised sitting on back entry of an ambulance truck.

#MarteseJohnson assault him and then break out the foot chains. This young man will be set for life #lawsuit pic.twitter.com/BnCB0l3xYA

— Parkstorm (@parkstorm) March 26, 2015

The new photo adds to the disbelief of what should have been a calm situation. Johnson’s face was so drenched with blood, he looked like he just came from battle, so why was he then also placed in chains? The connotations of it are beyond

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/newly-released-photo-shows-that-uva-honor-student-martese-johnson-was-shackled-during-his-arrest/feed/03 Missouri Police Agencies Plan To Lessen How Much They Use Tear Gas In The Futurehttp://blackinfonow.org/3-missouri-police-agencies-plan-to-lessen-how-much-they-use-tear-gas-in-the-future/
http://blackinfonow.org/3-missouri-police-agencies-plan-to-lessen-how-much-they-use-tear-gas-in-the-future/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/3-missouri-police-agencies-plan-to-lessen-how-much-they-use-tear-gas-in-the-future/On March 26, three Missouri police agencies agreed to lessen their use of tear gas after lawsuits alleged that the chemical was used excessively during the Ferguson protests back in November. Better now that never.

The three suits were ultimately dismissed by U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson but according to Reuters, will “retain jurisdiction through 2017″ to ensure the agencies comply to the reformed usage of tear gas. One major agreement includes that police give fair and verbal warnings and a sensible amount of time to vacate, for protestors and demonstrators. This should be especially exercised during “non-criminal activity.” The agencies will also pay $2,500 in legal costs.

On March 26, three Missouri police agencies agreed to lessen their use of tear gas after lawsuits alleged that the chemical was used excessively during the Ferguson protests back in November. Better now that never.

The three suits were ultimately dismissed by U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson but according to Reuters, will “retain jurisdiction through 2017″ to ensure the agencies comply to the reformed usage of tear gas. One major agreement includes that police give fair and verbal warnings and a sensible amount of time to vacate, for protestors and demonstrators. This should be especially exercised during “non-criminal activity.” The agencies will also pay $2,500 in legal costs.

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/3-missouri-police-agencies-plan-to-lessen-how-much-they-use-tear-gas-in-the-future/feed/057-Year-Old Black Man Brutally Beaten & Put In Chokehold By Police, Then They Planted Cocaine In His Car [VIDEO]http://blackinfonow.org/57-year-old-black-man-brutally-beaten-put-in-chokehold-by-police-then-they-planted-cocaine-in-his-car-video/
http://blackinfonow.org/57-year-old-black-man-brutally-beaten-put-in-chokehold-by-police-then-they-planted-cocaine-in-his-car-video/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/57-year-old-black-man-brutally-beaten-put-in-chokehold-by-police-then-they-planted-cocaine-in-his-car-video/ Your browser does not support iframes.
This past Tuesday, two White cops were caught on video unjustifiably placing Floyd Dent, 57 in a chokehold and beating him. The video also shows the officers dragging him out of the driver's seat in his Cadillac. Last night, during an episode of All In With Chris Hayes, with his Attorney Gregory Rohl by his side, Dent talked about the police brutality he experienced and that the cocaine found underneath the seat of his car wasn't his, but a set up by one of the six cops that eventually surrounded him and snooped his car.

The incident occurred on a road in Inkster, a town just outside of Detroit and the cops and Dent, a retired autoworker, was pulled over because he failed to halt at a stop sign. The unidentified cops also claimed that Dent said, “I'll kill you” while he was still in the car. In their minds, that's supposed to somehow pacify the chokehold, three taser shots in stomach and thigh and sixteen punches in the head and the reported two kicks that Dent experienced on his body that he had to spend three days in the hospital for. His injuries included a broken rib.

On All In, Dent said that the cocaine found in his car was planted by the cops at some point after he was fully cuffed. As further proof, when he was regulated to a drug test, his recent results came back negative. (Interestingly, one of the cops, William Melendez who punched Dent on video, had a dispute with the Detroit Police Department in 2003 over charges he had planted and falsified reports. He was later “not guilty.”)

This past Tuesday, two White cops were caught on video unjustifiably placing Floyd Dent, 57 in a chokehold and beating him. The video also shows the officers dragging him out of the driver’s seat in his Cadillac. Last night, during an episode of All In With Chris Hayes, with his Attorney Gregory Rohl by his side, Dent talked about the police brutality he experienced and that the cocaine found underneath the seat of his car wasn’t his, but a set up by one of the six cops that eventually surrounded him and snooped his car.

The incident occurred on a road in Inkster, a town just outside of Detroit and the cops and Dent, a retired autoworker, was pulled over because he failed to halt at a stop sign. The unidentified cops also claimed that Dent said, “I’ll kill you” while he was still in the car. In their minds, that’s supposed to somehow pacify the chokehold, three taser shots in stomach and thigh and sixteen punches in the head and the reported two kicks that Dent experienced on his body that he had to spend three days in the hospital for. His injuries included a broken rib.

On All In, Dent said that the cocaine found in his car was planted by the cops at some point after he was fully cuffed. As further proof, when he was regulated to a drug test, his recent results came back negative. (Interestingly, one of the cops, William Melendez who punched Dent on video, had a dispute with the Detroit Police Department in 2003 over charges he had planted and falsified reports. He was later “not guilty.”)

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/57-year-old-black-man-brutally-beaten-put-in-chokehold-by-police-then-they-planted-cocaine-in-his-car-video/feed/0Florida Spring Break Shooting May Curtail Future Eventshttp://blackinfonow.org/florida-spring-break-shooting-may-curtail-future-events/
http://blackinfonow.org/florida-spring-break-shooting-may-curtail-future-events/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/florida-spring-break-shooting-may-curtail-future-events/PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A house party that dissolved into a hail of gunfire and left seven young people hurt has officials on the Florida Panhandle pondering what to do with a spring break season they say has gotten out of control.

The raucous parties in the spring break capital of Panama City Beach have had politicians, police and businesses tussling for years over how much to crack down on a key economic force.

That debate was revived again when a packed gathering of dancing 20-somethings turned into a sprawling crime scene early Saturday.

“This is what we've been trying to warn people about,” said Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen. “It was only a matter of time and it's only a matter of time until it happens again if we don't address it.”

The city council held an emergency meeting Saturday to address spring break, allocating up to $200,000 in additional spending for increased police patrols. But motions introduced by Councilman Keith Curry to ban alcohol on the beach and to roll back the last-call on alcohol sales two hours earlier to midnight were unsuccessful.

“We have blood on our hands,” Curry told his fellow council members.

McKeithen had urged the beach alcohol ban and midnight last-call last year, but council members decided against them, instead rolling back last-call from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. Curry said Sunday he realized they made a mistake as he went on patrols with police in recent weeks, saw the drug arrests for heroin and an increasingly popular club drug called Molly, as well as the number of guns that have been confiscated.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A house party that dissolved into a hail of gunfire and left seven young people hurt has officials on the Florida Panhandle pondering what to do with a spring break season they say has gotten out of control.

The raucous parties in the spring break capital of Panama City Beach have had politicians, police and businesses tussling for years over how much to crack down on a key economic force.

That debate was revived again when a packed gathering of dancing 20-somethings turned into a sprawling crime scene early Saturday.

“This is what we’ve been trying to warn people about,” said Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen. “It was only a matter of time and it’s only a matter of time until it happens again if we don’t address it.”

The city council held an emergency meeting Saturday to address spring break, allocating up to $200,000 in additional spending for increased police patrols. But motions introduced by Councilman Keith Curry to ban alcohol on the beach and to roll back the last-call on alcohol sales two hours earlier to midnight were unsuccessful.

“We have blood on our hands,” Curry told his fellow council members.

McKeithen had urged the beach alcohol ban and midnight last-call last year, but council members decided against them, instead rolling back last-call from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. Curry said Sunday he realized they made a mistake as he went on patrols with police in recent weeks, saw the drug arrests for heroin and an increasingly popular club drug called Molly, as well as the number of guns that have been confiscated.

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/florida-spring-break-shooting-may-curtail-future-events/feed/0UPDATE: Boston Police Officer In Coma After Being Shot In The Face During Traffic Stop, Expected To Recoverhttp://blackinfonow.org/update-boston-police-officer-in-coma-after-being-shot-in-the-face-during-traffic-stop-expected-to-recover/
http://blackinfonow.org/update-boston-police-officer-in-coma-after-being-shot-in-the-face-during-traffic-stop-expected-to-recover/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/update-boston-police-officer-in-coma-after-being-shot-in-the-face-during-traffic-stop-expected-to-recover/
A Boston cop was shot in the face during a traffic stop last night.

After Officer John Moynihan pulled over “suspected gang members,” a gun fight occurred, leaving him in a coma and the shooter dead.

Daily Mail reports:

Officer John Moynihan, 34, was attacked when he pulled over suspected gang members in Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday evening.

The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Angelo West, was shot dead by other officers at the scene in Boston on Friday evening after he opened fire. A female bystander was shot in the arm.

The city's police commissioner William Evans told the press that Moynihan is expected to recover. Moynihan, who was shot just below his eye, was given a medal of bravery for his involvement in a shootout with the Boston Bombing suspects back in 2013.

After Officer John Moynihan pulled over “suspected gang members,” a gun fight occurred, leaving him in a coma and the shooter dead.

Daily Mail reports:

Officer John Moynihan, 34, was attacked when he pulled over suspected gang members in Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday evening.

The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Angelo West, was shot dead by other officers at the scene in Boston on Friday evening after he opened fire. A female bystander was shot in the arm.

The city’s police commissioner William Evans told the press that Moynihan is expected to recover. Moynihan, who was shot just below his eye, was given a medal of bravery for his involvement in a shootout with the Boston Bombing suspects back in 2013.

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/update-boston-police-officer-in-coma-after-being-shot-in-the-face-during-traffic-stop-expected-to-recover/feed/0Federal Judge Says New Jersey School Can Fire Security Guard Over Discriminatory Facebook Posthttp://blackinfonow.org/federal-judge-says-new-jersey-school-can-fire-security-guard-over-discriminatory-facebook-post/
http://blackinfonow.org/federal-judge-says-new-jersey-school-can-fire-security-guard-over-discriminatory-facebook-post/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/federal-judge-says-new-jersey-school-can-fire-security-guard-over-discriminatory-facebook-post/A federal judge declared that a New Jersey school district has the right to terminate a security guard who shared discriminatory content on his Facebook page, describing two suspects accused of killing a police officer as “black thugs” and suggesting white people riot against them.

WPXI reports:

U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas ruled Thursday that Mary Czaplinski is not likely to win a lawsuit against the Vineland Public Schools asserting that the district violated her freedom of speech.

The security guard is hoping to get monetary damages from the school district. The site continues:

The guard was fired earlier this month for conduct unbecoming a public employee after a post about the shooting in Philadelphia. She also wrote that she was “praying hard” for the slain police officer, who was black. Her lawyer says she made a series of posts about the slaying when she was off work and at home.

The judge believes the security guard's statements prevent her from fulfilling her daily tasks as a security guard.

A federal judge declared that a New Jersey school district has the right to terminate a security guard who shared discriminatory content on his Facebook page, describing two suspects accused of killing a police officer as “black thugs” and suggesting white people riot against them.

WPXI reports:

U.S. District Judge Joseph Irenas ruled Thursday that Mary Czaplinski is not likely to win a lawsuit against the Vineland Public Schools asserting that the district violated her freedom of speech.

The security guard is hoping to get monetary damages from the school district. The site continues:

The guard was fired earlier this month for conduct unbecoming a public employee after a post about the shooting in Philadelphia. She also wrote that she was “praying hard” for the slain police officer, who was black. Her lawyer says she made a series of posts about the slaying when she was off work and at home.

The judge believes the security guard’s statements prevent her from fulfilling her daily tasks as a security guard.

]]>http://blackinfonow.org/federal-judge-says-new-jersey-school-can-fire-security-guard-over-discriminatory-facebook-post/feed/0Dorchester residents fighting Fannie’s foreclosure evictionshttp://blackinfonow.org/dorchester-residents-fighting-fannies-foreclosure-evictions/
http://blackinfonow.org/dorchester-residents-fighting-fannies-foreclosure-evictions/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/dorchester-residents-fighting-fannies-foreclosure-evictions/ ...read more]]>By Eliza Dewey On a street lined with triple-deckers near Dorchester’s Ronan Park, a crowd of about 40 people gathered last week outside Maria Baptista’s house as the sun set to stage a protest against the foreclosure of her home and her ongoing eviction process. …read more
]]>http://blackinfonow.org/dorchester-residents-fighting-fannies-foreclosure-evictions/feed/0Arizona Father To Care For Quadruplets Alone After Wife Dies In Childbirthhttp://blackinfonow.org/arizona-father-to-care-for-quadruplets-alone-after-wife-dies-in-childbirth/
http://blackinfonow.org/arizona-father-to-care-for-quadruplets-alone-after-wife-dies-in-childbirth/#commentsThu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000http://blackinfonow.org/arizona-father-to-care-for-quadruplets-alone-after-wife-dies-in-childbirth/For an Arizona father, what he first described as the “best day” of his life quickly took a turn for the worse when his wife died of blood loss during childbirth on Jan. 16.

Now, 29-year-old Carlos Morales is journeying into fatherhood without the love of his life and gearing up to care for his quadruplet infants alone.

“I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life,” said Morales. “My four babies came into the world and then my wife died.”

The tiny two and three-pound babies, a boy he named Carlos Jr. and three girls — Tracey, Paisley, and Erica (named after her mother) — were all healthy, Morales said. He's been taking baby-caring classes at a local hospital to prepare for fatherhood times four, PEOPLE reports.

“I'm learning everything from how to give them a bath, CPR, feeding, and how to manage their sleep schedule,” he says. “I need to be prepared.”

“Everything I do now is for my children,” Carlos, who will return to work, tells PEOPLE. “Our family and friends have been very supportive too.”

And though wife Erica wasn't able to hold her babies — who she gave birth to via cesarean section at seven months — she did leave a blueprint behind on how she would like her children to be raised. Just recently, the new father found a note Erica had written on her iPad full of dreams for her children. She wants them all to go to college. She wants them to speak both English and Spanish. And she wants them to all have good jobs.

That's a blueprint Morales hopes to follow in honor of his late love.”I will try my hardest to make sure that happens,” he says.

For an Arizona father, what he first described as the “best day” of his life quickly took a turn for the worse when his wife died of blood loss during childbirth on Jan. 16.

Now, 29-year-old Carlos Morales is journeying into fatherhood without the love of his life and gearing up to care for his quadruplet infants alone.

“I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life,” said Morales. “My four babies came into the world and then my wife died.”

The tiny two and three-pound babies, a boy he named Carlos Jr. and three girls — Tracey, Paisley, and Erica (named after her mother) — were all healthy, Morales said. He’s been taking baby-caring classes at a local hospital to prepare for fatherhood times four, PEOPLE reports.

“I’m learning everything from how to give them a bath, CPR, feeding, and how to manage their sleep schedule,” he says. “I need to be prepared.”

“Everything I do now is for my children,” Carlos, who will return to work, tells PEOPLE. “Our family and friends have been very supportive too.”

And though wife Erica wasn’t able to hold her babies — who she gave birth to via cesarean section at seven months — she did leave a blueprint behind on how she would like her children to be raised. Just recently, the new father found a note Erica had written on her iPad full of dreams for her children. She wants them all to go to college. She wants them to speak both English and Spanish. And she wants them to all have good jobs.

That’s a blueprint Morales hopes to follow in honor of his late love.”I will try my hardest to make sure that happens,” he says.